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1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - Driving Sideways
Chris France built this car Car Craft style. More Brains and less foot.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang LX T-Top - Project Boss 340
Discovering The Real Ins And Outs Of Building A Race Car... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang SVO Prototype
The Mustang SVO Was The Most Sophisticated Mustang Ever Built; Mike Fleming Added Today's Technology... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang GT - Master Of Arms
Perry Santini Brandishes A Gun Of A Different Caliber In The Super Street Outlaw Wars.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Mustang Supercharger Rebuild - Factory Fresh
Paxton revives and revamps our 1986 Ford Mustang T-top coupe's Novi 2000 supercharger... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Revived '86 Fox-Body GT - Squeezed Square-Light
Edgar Negron always dreamed of a Fox-Body GT and it came true when his Capri got wrecked.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - Inauspicious Beginnings
Mark Weiner's '86 Mustang GT Was Almost The Project That Wasn't.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Fuel System - Sumpthing To Talk About
If you always wanted to sport a fuel system now you can with Aeromotive's new Fox 'Stang fuel system.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - Score To Settle
Earning a respectable timeslip is the last hurdle in our quest for project-car perfection... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Vortech Power Cooler - Chilled To The Core
Drop Your Intake Temperatures And Pick Up Power With Vortech Supercharger's Power Cooler.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Stage 3 Methanol Injection - Spray and Play
Snow's Stage 3 water-meth system and FRPP's 150-lb/hr squirters take our 1986 Mustang T-top coupe's power to the limit... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - Lasting Impressions
For some automotive enthusiasts, interest in the genre is a slow progression into what might be described as an addiction or disease. If the shoe fits, so be it. For Towson, Maryla... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang LX Supercharged - Boost Driven Evolution
From 11s To 8s, Andy Gollberg Unleashes The Fury With A Supercharged '86 Mustang LX.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang The Last Of The SVOs
The Right Car At The Wrong Time... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Audio System Upgrade - Boulevard Bass
K Dezines packs Sony and Scosche audio thunder in our Project T-Top Coupe 1986 Ford Mustang LX... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX Project Car - Top This
Our own KJ Jones changes the way we perceive a magazine's project car build by finishing a '86 5.0 lx for our features section. - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang LX - Sleepy Hollow
Robert Esposito's '86 Mustang Lx Is A Modern-Day Version Of The Tale Sleepy Hollow... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Installing Snow Performance Methanol/Water Injection - Safety First
How to make power with methanol/water injection from Snow Performance... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Severe Service Package Ford Mustang - CHiPs LX
What would Ponch and Jon think about Phil Sanchez's '86 CHP SSP Mustang?... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - Windshield Replacement - A Touch of Glass
Our 1986 Ford Mustang T-top coupe project car receives new front and rear windshields, as well as having its dashpad and package tray replaced... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo '86 GT AIX Racer - Mission Accomplished?
Read about how this 1986 Mustang GT was transformed into a racing car.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang T-Top Finishes - Final Exam - The Project Car
This report marks the final stage of our '86 T-top coupe project. The road to completing the Fox-Rod resto of our special notchback was 11 months long. There were many peaks and va... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - Project T-Top Coupe - Power To The Pony
We look at the electrical system in our 1986 Ford Mustang Project T-Top Coupe as we continue building it into a radical street/strip car... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT Modifications - The 20-Year Itch
It Took Two Decades For Keven Kyser To Dip Into The 10s.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Engine Install - Lowering the Vroooom
A 347 engine and a transmission make their way between the fenders of our 1986 Ford Mustang T-top coupe... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo T-top Coupe Project Rear Suspension & Bolt-In FAB9 - Fab Four-Eye
Chris Alston's Chassisworks takes our 1986 T-coupe Fox Mustang project car as a test build for their new bolt-in FAB9 and rear suspension system. - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazi... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - Dangerous Toy
There's a moral to the story of Rob Pierpont's ProCharged 1986 Ford Mustang GT... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang LX - Project Frightning
1986 Ford Mustang LX - Project Frightning - Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Magazine... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Alumastealth Aluminum Fuel Tank - 5.0 Mustang T-Top Coupe
In this day and age of "big power" in street 'Stangs, one of the keys to attaining and maintaining serious muscle is by having an efficient fuel supply, and doing that starts with ... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang Paint And Bodywork - Damage Control
John's Customz and Performance helps us assess and address our project 1986 Mustang T-top coupe's bodywork needs... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Cage Match - Installing a Rollcage in Our T-Top Fox Mustang
Chris Alston's Chassisworks installs its eight-point, Pro-Street rollcage with an H-brace for T-tops on our Drag Week '86 coupe... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Raisin' The Roof: 5.0 Magazine Builds an '86 T-Top Drag Car
The Duke of 5.0 Tech, K.J. Jones, embarks on the adventure of a lifetime- building an '86 t-top coupe for Drag Week 2006... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo April 2006 Hot Rod News - Project Garage
This is Washington State Patrol Trooper Mike Cheek, who chased down and caught the scumbags who stole Devin Meucci's Charger.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang SVO - 86 Mustang SVO
The '84-'86 SVO was the most advanced Mustang of its era. Tom Leslie kicks it up a peg with his SVO restomod.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1993 Mustang Cobra & 1986 Mustang GT - Late-Model Corral
Miles Cook Answers Your '79-'03 Tech Questions... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang LX Notchback - First Fuelie Fox
The year was 1986, and Ford was introducing its first fuel-injected V-8 Mustang. Knowing what you know now, we'll bet you think this was a good thing-and it was. But the automotive... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang LX Coupe - This Old Houser
Have you noticed how reality shows have taken over TV programming lately? You can see just about anything on them-from someone eating animal guts to someone finding their perfect m... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Mustang GT & 1982 Mustang GT - Late-Model Corral
Miles Cook Answers Your '79-'03 Tech Questions... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang LX - Double Trouble
No Matter The Venue, This '86 GT Has The Goods To Compete... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - 5.0 Time Capsule
We've been running across some amazingly original Fox-body 5.0 Mustangs recently. Daniel Carpenter's low-mileage collection of cars featured in our December '03 issue is a good cas... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Factory Buy-In Jamie Holten's NMRA Factory Stock Ride
Jamie Holten keenly bought a proven winning combination to excel in Factory Stock... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Pro flow = Big Go
If I told you we recently bolted up a nitrous kit and gained nearly 200 rwhp and 300 lb-ft of torque, would you believe it? Would it grab your interest? If so, keep reading because... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Rearend Remake Part 2
With the help of JDM Engineering we completed the rear axle and suspension install on our Lightning-powered LX, and then we fixed our minor braking problem.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang SVO Convertible - One Made Svo
Ford's turbo-four Mustang experiment of the '80s didn't make a huge splash in the automotive world. However, the short-lived run of Special Vehicle Operations' Ponies certainly ear... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Twin Turbo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - Mad Skillz
Mike Tabloo's `86 Ford Mustang GT has an awesome custom paint and sports a twin turbo to yield over 500hp.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo A Frightning Situation
Is our experiment a lethal time bomb or a street/strip terror? Read on and find out.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang GT - New And Improved
Kevin Keyser's '86 Mustang GT that features a Central Coast Mustang 342 stroker with Edelbrock Victor Jr. heads and much more!... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Ignition System - All Fired Up
Tune up your 5.0 Mustang's ignition system with an ignition upgrade kit... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - Race To The 9s
Our seasoned veteran, Bruce Hemminger, bought a '86 Mustang with intentions of making it wicked fast and it payed off for Fun Ford Outlaw.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Poor Man’s Jerico
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. If you run an automatic, you envy the stick guys who don’t need to hassle with the aggravation and expense of findi... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Killer Paint, Part II
In Killer Paint, Part I, we showed you how we color-changed our '86 Mustang GT, but we left off before the job was finished. In our situation, we didn't have the luxury of an infra... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Best Project Car Deals
This is one of many car-mag stories that have been done a million times. But the thing is, the concept of what's a bargain and the cars that fit the definition continue to change. ... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1986 Ford Mustang - The Ripper
Emile Bouret's 1986 Ford Mustang is super stiff and lives to rip... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo H-Pipe, X-Pipe, 1, 2, 3...
Do you really need an exhaust system on your car? That’s a good question. If you have neighbors, drive it on public streets anywhere there are cops, or race it on virtually an... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Hardcore Axle Upgrades
Are you like us? Do you have a rear axle fetish? You know the deal: No matter where you are, no car is ever completely looked over until you’ve dirtied your knees and palms an... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Straighter-Lighter-Faster?
“She’s starting to shake... She’s starting to shimmy....” This is not the way a mild 12-second car should feel going down the track. And even though Editor... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Mustang Cold-Air Induction
So far we’ve managed to get our ’86 Mustang project car to muster a decent 12.73 at 108.5 mph. In our pursuit of even quicker e.t.’s before we hit it with nitrous, ... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo AFM High Volume Power Pipe
Ever since we installed Holley's SysteMAX II package on our '93 LX, we've been struggling to get it to run right. It seemed to run best at 3/4 throttle, but as soon as we put it to... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo John Siderfin's '86 Mustang GT
When we first spied John Siderfin's '86 GT at a major Mustang show in Seattle, we knew we were onto something good. The big crowds were a predominantly vintage bunch--with a decide... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Rick Tousley's ’86 GT Convertible
It’s Just A Mustang, Right? Yeah, And Muhammad Ali Was Just A Boxer... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo K&N Air Filter: Air Filter Upgrade
True superstars, it is said, are recognized by their first names only. For our grandfathers, George, Paul, John, and Ringo need no further explanation. Your dad knows who Elton i... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Nitrous Grenade
Three-foot-high flames shooting out of your carburetor are not a good thing when your engine is screaming on the dyno at 6,000 rpm, but it happened to us, and our stock-block For... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum-Wage Mustang Part IV: Pro-5.0 Shifter
Performance can be as subjective as it is objective. Improving the way a car feels does not necessarily mean that it’s any faster, but an improvement in visceral sensation is ... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Charles Kistler's '86 Mustang GT
For 26-year-old Charles Kistler from Huntsville, Alabama, there was no doubt what kind of car would be his first. Ever since he could remember, Mustangs seemed to be part of his fa... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1999 Fastest Mustangs
Check out the sidebars below to get the details on your favorites.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Mike Smith's and Jason Cohen's Outlaw '86 Coupe
When it comes to flying high in style, the sleek Model 35a Lear Jet would be our first choice. With its Twin Garrett 731 engines each producing 3,500 pounds of thrust, and plenty o... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Dyno Battle of Various Mustang Setups
The object is simple. Take a bunch of Mustangs and lead 'em to a dyno for an all-out spec battle. We can't tell you how many Q&A letters we get from people telling us all the intim... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Water Pump Replacement
It happens to every water-cooled car. We have to swap out our water pump. In our case, we're replacing our factory unit with an Edelbrock Victor-series aluminum water pump. The ... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Electromotive & Nitrous Express' Engine Control Computer
Your '86-or-later 5.0 Mustang's engine is controlled by a computer. Simple enough, right? Yeah--when's the last time you ever heard a computer defined as simple? Computers are en... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Ford Daily Drivers
Click on the links below to view these trick machines.... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Replacement Air Filter for '86-'93 Mustangs
The stock air-filter box in ’86 to ’93 Mustang 5.0s is not exactly the prettiest thing in the world. Besides that, the panel air filter contained inside has to get its ai... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum Wage Mustang Part VI: Subframe Connectors & Strut-Tower Braces
In case you’re new to 5.0, Minimum Wage Mustang is our low-buck, real-world project car aimed at those of you who have to temper your Mustang-building aspirations with a budge... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum-Wage Mustang Part V: Headers
Previous installments of "Minimum-Wage Mustang" have made the car better to drive but haven't affected power (except for the tune-up). This time we'll fix that. Now that we have th... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum-Wage Mustang Part III: Struts & Shocks
When last we visited the Minimum-Wage Mustang, we had replaced the rotted-out suspension bushings with urethane units from PST and cut the front coil springs for about a 1/2-inch d... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum-Wage Mustang Part II: Suspension Upgrades
In Part I of the Minimum-Wage Mustang series, we briefly checked the alignment (measured toe-in and looked for signs of abnormal tire wear). Everything looked OK, but we still noti... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimun-Wage Mustang Part I: For The Limited Budget Tuner
We remember what it's like to lust after all the cool feature cars and parts shown in magazines but not have the means to afford them. Hell, we're still in that boat. We all fantas... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Minimum-Wage Mustang Part VII: Flowmaster Exhaust
Well, well, well... our little ol' Minimum Wage Mustang is coming along quite nicely. Although it still looks like a junkyard dog, we've turned it into a nice-driving, good-handlin... click here to read more
1986 Ford Mustang